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And there was a furor about that. look, i spoke to a white house official not long after who sort of mentioned, look, at least people arent talking about jeff sessions anymore. this was a diversionary tactic that got people off what a lot of people were excited about at the time on to a side issue. and, you know, it derailed the house intelligence committee. it led to devin nunes having to step down. you know, we spent weeks talking about it. so from as a purely political matter, this was quite ...

If the republicans could find anything in there to be used against susan rice in any way, that would be their goal. they would love to be up there kind of leaking opposite bits of information. >> sure. but, look, in some sense, this has already served its purpose for the white house. if you go back to when this all began, february 4th, saturday morning, early saturday morning tweet storm by the president, that was a moment when there was a lot of controversy and attention on jeff sessions. and w...

Me to have some kind of an independent investigation or a joint committee or something that would take this or try to take this out of the realm of politics because you are dealing with serious national security issues here. i know that devin nunes says when pro-to a we should be concerned about the unmasking of people who were incidentally, in some of these communications, and all the rest. but that is a diversion. that is a side issue right now. the major issue in front of the congress is the ...

Which is why it makes sense to me to have an independent investigation or a joint committee or something that would take this or try to take this out of the realm of politics because you are dealing with serious national security issues here. i know that devin nunes says that we all ought to be concerned about the unmasking of people who were incidentally, in some of these communications, and all the rest. but that is a diversion. that is a side issue right now. the major issue in front of the c...

Protecting the interest of the united states, both economically and military and inerms of countering terrorism. >> the brus sells forum is happening this week. you have leaders from all across europe gathering as well as the united states. what do you think the headline is going to be? >> if the past is a predictor, it will be a side issue. topics that we have with the europeans, how they are transitions in a climate of brexit, isis. instead most likely it will be on this notion of the united s...

Out on twitter or the claims he makes. >> you know what, its not a farfetched suggestion. not for sean spicer to other people they put out on tv. every time you ignore something you empower it and every time you give an answer that wishy washy at best you hurt your own credibility and then comes the other factor. why did they do that? it distracted from the main conversation. now he comes in front of the senate judiciary committee and hes going to say whether or not he is looking at what really ...

Thanks a lot. its a side issue and they are not touching entitlements and not let them go bankrupt. they are going to let them go bankrupt and expand the military and talking about the deconstruction of the state they are talking about a small sliver of this pie which has just gotten smaller because defense spending and donald trump talking about wanting big new beautiful shinier new weapons is going to squeeze out 10% to 12% and immigration agents. that is a tease. >> coming up, what a nuclear ...

American. the saudis took that hit. having been the recipient of a suicide bomber. it proves the difficulty that any nation will have in stopping that kind of attack. the united states needs to be weary. if those kinds of attacks will occur and we hold iran accountable, we must be prepared any and all measures are on the table for us to use and respond to that. >> neil: thanks, commander. crazy times we live in. meantime now, president trump is threatening to pull federal funds from cal berkeley...

Number one, the president as all presidents, has the right to assemble his team as he sees fit and put them in the right positions but senator mccain has his right to question it and thats the good thing about the division of power that you do have a legislative branch. i know when president obama took office, he appointed a number of czars and we in the legislative branch raised cane about it. susan rice certainly is a private citizen and has her right to criticize. i would point out shes the w...

Leaks are bad idea, it -- not so much if youre pardoning someone or commuting their prison sentence, but on the debt, that was never really a big worry. deficit spending was never a big worry and now its a big worry. i understand both parties play this game. but its getting to be a little old, isnt it? >> you know, when it comes down to it, neil, democrats and republicans are guilty of this. that go on and on and the debt and deficit and both dont do that much about it. so were engaged in this d...